June 30, 2008

She loves me even when I'm stupid. Believes in me when I don't believe in myself and comforts me when I'm feeling low. I can do one hundred layouts about her and never capture how much she means to me. (layout published in the Canadian Scrapbooker Summer 08 issue)

This weekend I was putting the finishing touches on my projects for the Paper and Co. Show in France this fall. I'm SO excited about these classes and can't wait to present them for the first time at this amazing international event.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and for those Canadians, 'Happy Canada Day' tomorrow!

June 26, 2008

It's here, it's here. It's time to talk Silver Bella again!! As always, Teresa has done an amazing job organizing what is sure to be a fabulous, artsy, inspiring weekend. In addition to my sweet friends Teresa,Kim,Pam,Rebecca and Charlotte, I'm delighted with the fabulous new teachers who will join the roster this year, my friends Jenni and Sally. Please stay tuned to the Silver Bella blog (link is above) for more details, but in the meantime, make sure that you're available the evening of June 30th for registration as the event usually sells out rather quickly. Yippee, I can hardly wait!

I wanted to leave you with a 'pretty'. Some great vintage finds. Barkcloth, vintage button cards, flower frogs, and a new (fake) birds nest...

June 25, 2008

I had the opportunity to participate in a Q&A session over at a Canadian Scrapbooking site called Scrapbooker's clubhouse, and it has been posted today. It was a pleasure to participate and I wanted to share the link here as they asked some great questions. I also created the following card especially for them:

June 18, 2008

If you're signed up for the Melissa Frances newsletter, you've probably received the June/July issue to your inbox today. I particularly enjoyed working with the fresh color pallet of the Ambiente Collection in this issue. If you don't already receive the newsletters, you can read this month's issue here, and you can sign up to receive future issues here.

I thought I'd share one of my contributions to the newsletter with you. I had so much fun with the 'Zoe' layout. The photos (not taken by me) were just so precious.

June 16, 2008

As I shared on Friday, Rick and I had an exciting weekend planned. We decided to escape to Seattle to celebrate our Eleventh Anniversary!!

I love this man of mine so much. He's my best friend and I love nothing more than hanging out with him. So I think you'll agree a celebration was in order. We planned a quick overnight trip down to Seattle to watch a Mariners game (they lost), some great meals (the Cheesecake Factory and Ruth's Chris Steakhouse) and a bit of shopping with a stop at two salvage yards and one sweet antique shoppe. The store, called Whimsical Whites in Kent was a true treasure trove. I've been looking for a store that screamed 'me' for ages in Seattle. I've found some cool stores, but not that one whose inventory (both new and vintage) was so perfectly in line with my tastes that I wanted to take everything home. This is that store. It specializes in vintage millinery, ribbons and textiles. My budget would be in very serious trouble if the store was local to me, that's for sure. A special thank you to my new friend Tiffany Kirchner who graciously shared a list of her favorite Seattle stops with me and who introduced me to this gem.

All the photos in this post are from the store, I'll have to show you the treasures that came home with me another day.

June 13, 2008

Something soft and pretty to leave with you before we each start our weekend. This project features one of the new hinge albums from Melissa Frances. Speaking of which, if you haven't been to the Melissa France blog yet, please get yourself on over. There is a fabulous giveaway today and we're celebrating in big style as it's Melissa's last chemo treatment today. Yipee!! There's some yummy inspiration on there too as the entire design team organized a surprise for her. I'm sure you'll love what we did.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone. Rick and I have some great plans and I'm looking forward to sharing what we did with you on Monday.

June 10, 2008

Just a friendly heads up that there is a huge celebration with great prizes going on at the Melissa Frances blog this week as Friday will mark Melissa's final active treatment for her original stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis. So head on over, maybe one of you will be one of the lucky winners.

June 09, 2008

This card uses lots of scraps from discontinued 'oldie but goodie' products. I love creating cards like this that are little collages put together. So easy and great to use up those odds and ends that we crafters accumulate. (Card features sticker from Rebecca's Nostalgiques line (a fav. for years!), Melissa Frances paper, vintage lace, buttons, and stamps from Anna Griffin, Stampington, Stampotique and Making Memories. The heart is from cardstock and the fabric label is K&Co.)

Off to get creative in the studio!

(ps- Rebecca's blog is a must-see today. So, if you haven't already visited her, please use the link above to check it out!)